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female the chelipeds are just over half the total length of the body, the hand 

 comprising more than two-fifths their total length ; the lower border of the ischium 

 and merus, the upper border of the palm, and the distal half of the merus are 

 spinose; a salient serrulate ridge runs along the lower border of the outer surface 

 of palm and fixed finger, and there are some scattered miliary granules on both 

 surfaces of the palm; the palm is a little longer than the carpus and a little 

 shorter than the fingers; the fingers are slender and sharp, and do not meet at 

 base, the cutting edge of the fixed finger is finely serrulate; there are a few setae 

 on the fingers and palm. 



Color. — In life: abdomen light brown, carapace very pale pink, fading to slate 

 color on the sides (Alcoek). 



Dimensions. — Type, female: length of carapace and rostrum 22 mm., of abdo- 

 men 32.5 mm. 



Type Locality. — Arabian Sea, off the coast of Sind, 947 fathoms. 



Distribution. — Also taken by the "Albatross," south of the Sannak Islands, 

 Alaska, 483 fathoms; off Cascade Head, Oregon, 345 fathoms; off San Diego, 

 California, 417 fathoms (Eathbun). 



Calastacus quinqueseriatus Eathbun 



Calastacus quinqueseriatus Eathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 24, 887, 1902; 

 H. A. E., 10, 151, fig. 91, 1904. 



Fig. 76. Calastacus quinqueseriatus, <$, X about % (from Eathbun, U. S. 

 N. M.). 



